“The long, vicious assault on voting rights in America” continues in 2011 writes Gary L. Flowers for the Louisiana Weekly. At least thirteen states have curtailed voting rights by requiring proof of citizenship (Kansas and Alabama), restricting the ability of nonprofits to register voters (Texas and Florida), reducing the early voting period (Georgia, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia), repealing election day registration (Maine), and requiring photo identification at polling places (Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, and South Carolina). A full discussion of the constitutional issues at stake and racially disparate impacts is available here.